Cigar-tip cutter.



A. BERGE'SON.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY3I. I916.

1 ,2 1 8,830 Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

3'5 H w V 9 Elma/wt QLBERT BERGEsQN A. BERGESON.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1916.

1,218,830. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- ALBERT BERGESON, OF ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 31a 13, 191% Application filed May 31, 1916. Serial a). 100,949;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BERGESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albert Lea, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Tip Cutters, of which .the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to an improved display stand a d has for its primary object to provide mechanism for cutting off the tip or end of a cigar, said mechanism including a rotatable element, and a plurality of advertising signs o plates rotatable with said element to be successively exposed to view.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide a spring-actuated, rotatably mounted cutter plate, and

means normally holding said plate against rotation and including a pivoted trigger member adapted to be engaged by the end of the cigar when inserted into position to be cut to release the plate and permit of its rotation.

It is a further general object of the invention. to improve and simplify the construction of apparatus of the above character and render the same convenient and serviceable in practical use and to also provide an attractive article of store furniture.

With the above and other objects in View,

my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in'which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved display stand and cigar cutter;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line H of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a detail plan View of the advertisingslide support.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates a suitable case or cabinet which is mounted and supported upon any desired number of feet or standards 6, and this cabinet may be constructed either of metal or wood, as desired. The cabinet is closed at its upper end by the top wall 7, and upon the central portion of'this top wall a sub- .into the sub-structure 8;

structure 8 is suitably mounted. This .substructure may be of rectangular form, while the cabinet 5 is preferably cylindrical.

-A perpendicular shaft 9 is centrally mounted in the cabinet 5, the lower endpinion 11 has meshing engagement with the 7 gear to rotate the same and wind the spring 12. A suitable key is connected to this pinion, as shown.

Upon the shaft 9, immediately beneath the top wall 7 of the cabinet, a metal plate or disk 14 is securely fixed by means of a set screw indicated at 15, and the outer edge of this plate is movable in the guides 16 fixed to the wall of the cabinet 5. The plate 14, adjacent its outer edge, is provided with spaced, circumferentially extending slots or openings, and the rim portion of the plate is connected with the body thereof by the curved knife blades 17, the corresponding edges of which are suitably sharpened. Upon the outer edge of the body of said plate, between the cutter blades 17 and on the under side of the plate, stop lugs 18 are formed. It will be understood, of course, that any desired number of the cutterblades 17 may be provided and that there will be a corresponding number of the stop lugs 18. Upon a bracket 19 fixed to the wall of the cabinet 5, a trigger member 20 is fulcrumed. This member has an angular end portion 21 extending upwardly from the fulcrum and normally disposed in the path of the stop lugs 18. The other end portion of said trigger member also projects upwardly and is preferably formed on its end with a concave seat 22. The trigger member is yieldi'ngly held in this normal position by means of' a leaf spring 23, one terminal of which is operativelyengaged with the latter end ofthe trigger member, the other end of said spring being fixed to the bracket 19. The top wall 7 of the cabinet, immediately above the trigger 20, is provided with an opening 24 through which the end of the cigar to be cut off is adapted to be inserted.

Upon the upper end of the shaft 9 which projects into the substructure '8, an annular rack or support 25 is secured, and upon this annular support a plurality of rectangular, upstanding frames 26 are mounted, each of said frames having a suitable spring hinge which yieldingly holds the frame in an uprightposition with respect to the support. T1 ese frames correspond in number to the number of the cutter blades 17 and each frame is adapted to receive a glass panel indicated at 27, upon which words or pictorial representations are painted or otherwise delineated to advertise difierent brands of cigars. One of the side walls of the substructure 8 has an opening therein covered by a glass panel 28, through which one of the advertising slides is visible. A pendant electric light'bulb, indicated at 29, is preferably arranged within the structure 8 immediately above the rotatable support 25, and is provided with a suitable shade so as to reflect the light rays downwardly upon the glass advertising slides. One of the side walls of the structure 8 is alsoprovided with a door through which access may be had to the inte rior of said structure for the purpose of removing and changing the advertising plates 27.

30 designates a receptacle mounted in the top wall of the structure 8 to contain cotton and benzene, in which a cigar lighter 31 is adapted to be disposed. This lighter consists of a copper tube having a wick of cotton or other material therein, and this tube is adapted to be engaged with spaced contacts 32 to close a circuit and cause a spark between the terminals of spaced electrodes indicated at This sparl: ignites the end of the wick in the copper tu e so that a flame is thus obtained. The circuit wires for the electric light 29 and the cigar lighter may be arranged in any desired manner within the cabinet and connected to a suitable source of current supply. 3i designates the switches arranged upon one side wall of the cabinet 5, adjacent its lower end, for controlling the circuit.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that the construction, manner of operation and several advantages of the invention will be clearly and fully understood. lVhen the tip of the cigar is inserted through the opening 2% in the top wall 7 of the cabinet, it engages the seat 22 on the trigger member and forces this end of the trig er member downwardly a ainst the action of the spring 23. The other end of the trigger member is thereby moved out of engagement with the stop lug 18 so that the spring 12 can act to rotate the shaft 9. Thus the plate 14: is rotated and one of the cutter blades 17 thereon severs the tip from the cigar, whereupon the trigger member returns to its normal position for engagement by the next stop lug 18 so as to limit the rotation of the cutter plate. In this rotation of the cutter plate, the support 25 carrying the advertising slides is, of course, also rotated, and in each partial rotation of the cutter plate a new slide is brought into position opposite the glass panel 28. The opening 24 being immediately in front of this glass panel, the advertisement is within full view of the purchaser. This operation continues each time a cigar is inserted into the opening 24:, until the spring 12 finally runs down, when it is rewound by means of the key.

A suitable box or receptacle may be arranged within the cabinet 5 to receive the cigar clips. It is thus apparent that I have produced a very simple, convenient and serviceable apparatus which is highly reliable and eflicient in practical operation. In view of the si .iplicity of the device, the same may be ma ufactured at comparatively small cost and provides a very novel and attractive article of store furniture. 1

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several elements, it is to be understood that the deviceis susceptible of considerable modification therein and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is An apparatus of the character described including a rotatably mounted plate, a plurality of spaced cutter blades fixed on said plate adjacent its outer edge, said plate having slots extending between the cutter blades, means for rotating said plate, a trigger bar pivotally mounted beneath the cut tor plate and having one of its ends projecting into the slots in said plate, the other end of said bar extending upwardly from its pivot in spaced relation to said first named end, a series of spaced lugs on the under side of the plate to engage the latter end of the trigger bar and limit the rotation of the 'plate, and a leaf spring connected tothe first named end of the trigger bar and normally holding the same within the slots in the plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. v ALBERT BERGESON.

lVitnesses OscAn C. OLSON, ENO HENDmKsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

